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2018 John Proctor Member of the Year: Sister Betty Voss

By Rebeca Zuniga-Hamlin

2018 John Proctor Member of the Year: Sister Betty Voss

Sister Betty Voss, a Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, has devoted herself to the cause of social justice throughout her life. She has taught at both the elementary and college levels in Illinois, Iowa, and Tennessee, and taught in a bilingual school in Guayaquil, Ecuador. In her early years in Colorado she took leadership in the Ecumenical Women’s Committee and received the Trish Dunn award for fostering ecumenicism. Through the “Nuns on the Bus” campaign, she joined the effort to increase voter participation among low income populations.Through her participation on the MineWatch committee, she has actively sought an end to mining pollution in Latin America and elsewhere. Her years of involvement in the DJPC and dedication to the cause of human rights have been invaluable.